Andre's Z77 Personal Rig

andrevautour · #1 24-11-12, 11:37 PM

hello again everyone,

today i'm excited to say that i have officially moved to Z77 and i will be doing a new project log for this build since it is a whole new platform and and most of the performance related hardware for this build will be all new.

here are the specifications of what i have now. (specs are current as of April 6, 2013)

Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 650D

Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K

Motherboard: MSI Big Bang Z77 MPower

Memory: 16GB Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 2133 MHz

Graphics: MSI Radeon 7950 Twin Frozr

SSD: Samsung 840 Series 250GB

Storage: 3TB Internal

Power Supply: Corsair AX850

Cooler: Noctua NH-D14

Fans: Noctua NF-P12's

Fan Control: Lamptron FC6 (removed)

Lighting: NZXT Sleeved LED Kit (removed)

I am starting to strip down the old build now. I will have updates with more pictures as I go. Here are some pictures to start with.

IMG_1479_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

IMG_1483_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

IMG_1482_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

IMG_1497_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

IMG_1374 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

IMG_1403 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

IMG_1410 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

IMG_1396 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

rossi94 · #2 25-11-12, 12:21 AM

Looks very nice, get it running :P

CPMFW · #3 25-11-12, 12:25 AM

nice specs mate...
looking forward to this build!
i love the look of the mpower

andrevautour · #4 25-11-12, 03:45 AM

so i have an update on the build progress

IMG_1502_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

some fresh zip ties and cable anchors

IMG_1503_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

i always like to have some video of tom's running when i work on a system

IMG_1504_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

pulling out the old system for disassembly

IMG_1505_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

IMG_1508_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

IMG_1510_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

last shot of the old cable management

IMG_1512_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

the old cables from the front panel and some from the fan controller hidden up in the roof. still now 100% sure if i will install the fan controller again but i do sort of like the control and i was able to get it very neat except for the annoying molex which is the only thing i need a molex for. i would like to get rig of the molex all together

IMG_1514_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

some of the bits that will be going into the new build

IMG_1518_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

IMG_1521_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

sabertooth x58 board , still a favorite looks wise!

IMG_1524_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

i like to keep a rag or something on top of the power supply when i work to make sure nothing falls into the grille of the psu

IMG_1525_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

IMG_1526_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

some last shots of the sabertooth

IMG_1528_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

IMG_1529_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

still a great chip today, overclocked amazingly well.

IMG_1530_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

IMG_1531_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

IMG_1532_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

you could move this one back and forth just by barely touching it

IMG_1533_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

IMG_1534_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

IMG_1535_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

IMG_1536_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

now some shots of the new cpu and board

IMG_1537_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

IMG_1539_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

temp kingston ram. i love the shade of blue, but it doesnt match anything unfortunately.

IMG_1540_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

IMG_1541_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

IMG_1542_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

IMG_1543_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

Will update again with more progress as I go!

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend!

epeets · #5 25-11-12, 09:51 AM

everything is looking sweet. man its gonna be a bugger replacing the ram with such a huge heatsink. It just towers over everything! O_O lol Keeping an eye on this one!